SINGAPORE - Singapore's first Prime Minister and founding member of the People's Action Party (PAP), Mr Lee Kuan Yew, has stepped down from the PAP's central executive committee (CEC), its key decision-making body. Also stepping down from the CEC are Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong and four other PAP members - Mr Lim Boon Heng, Mr Wong Kan Seng, Mr George Yeo and Mrs Lim Hwee Hua - to "facilitate leadership renewal in the party", said the PAP in a statement released today. Their resignations were accepted after a meeting held today. Mr Lee and Mr Goh were conferred the titles of Honorary Past Secretary-General, "in recognition of their outstanding service and seminal contributions to the PAP and Singapore".